Communication

Analysis: Covid's "new normal" has set in but there are issues in coping with it.

Submitted by mike kraft on

...

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Treatments
Data
Demographics
Disease
Government
Health
Policy
Politics
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Science
Communication
Complexity
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Cyberattack on some U.S. hospitals keeps computers offline for weeks

Submitted by mike kraft on

Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to be turned back on more than two weeks after a cyberattack forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions. AP News
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - East
US - SouthWest
US - West Coast
General Topic Tags: 
Hospitals
Public Health
Social behavior
Communication
Technology
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

Misinformation issue: Report spotlights 52 US doctors who posted potentially harmful COVID misinformation online

Submitted by mike kraft on

Report spotlights 52 US doctors who posted potentially harmful COVID misinformation online Arkadiusz Warguła / iStock CIDRAP

Two new studies describe a couple sources of the COVID-19 "infodemic" on social media: US physicians and proponents and practitioners of "doing your own research."

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

Misinformation issue: FDA tries to fight misinformation but sometimes stumbles

Submitted by mike kraft on

FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States. As the FDA tries to fight that scourge, it sometimes stumbles. khnerich KFF Health News

 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease
Government
Health
Politics
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Vaccinations
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Misinformation issue: A Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning

Submitted by mike kraft on

How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning Even as the covid-19 pandemic wanes, litigation — whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic — isn’t about to end. khnkit KFF Health News

...

Even as covid-19 wanes, lawyers representing the health care sector predict their days in court aren’t about to end soon. A group of litigators and media companies, among others, are eyeing policy changes and even some profits from yet more lawsuits.

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease
Politics
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Misinformation issue: Suggested ways to counter acceptance of misinformation

Submitted by mike kraft on

There’s a Psychological ‘Vaccine’ against Misinformation A social psychologist found that showing people how manipulative techniques work can create resilience against misinformation Daisy Yuhas Scientific American

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Public Attitudes
Research
Social behavior
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Misinformation issue: Judge limits Biden administration in contacting social media companies about alleged Covid misinformation

Submitted by mike kraft on

Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. AP News

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Pandemics
Policy
Politics
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Vaccinations
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

A new COVID vaccine this fall, but will people get it?

Submitted by mike kraft on

There will be a new COVID vaccine this fall, but will people get it? The next COVID-19 vaccine, expected to come out this fall, will be targeted at the XBB.1.5 subvariant, leading public health experts to urge everyone to get vaccinated again before the possible fall-winter surge in COVID cases. Yahoo News

 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Boosters
Disease Prevention
Health
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Social behavior
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Other

Outgoing CDC director says the US is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health system still use 'old fax machines'

Submitted by mike kraft on

Outgoing CDC director says the US is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health system still use 'old fax machines' Outgoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned about what needs to be done to prepare. Yahoo News

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease Prevention
Pandemics
Public Health
Scarcity
Communication
Technology
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Problem
Situation Report
Other

Studies suggest improved ways of encourag wearing of masks to minimize Covid infections

Submitted by mike kraft on

Moral reframing of messages about mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic Scientific Reports - Moral reframing of messages about mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic Nature

 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Masks
Politics
Public Attitudes
Research
Social behavior
Communication
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Pages

Subscribe to Communication